wrong-site surgery

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wrong-site surgery - a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body

surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

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operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process			Abram present a one-hour lecture to the hospital medical staff on wrong-site surgery, and that he pay the Department's costs. Is admission of wrong-site surgery negligence per se? by Tammelleo, A. David / Hospital Law's Regan Report 2) As early as 1998, the Joint Commission, the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, began addressing wrong-site surgery in an effort to improve patient safety in hospital operating rooms. Risk management and patient safety: improving patient outcomes by Harvey, Linda / Access Previous Alerts have addressed pediatric medication errors, wrong-site surgery, medication mix-ups, health care-associated infections and patient suicides, among others. Stop bad behavior among health care professionals: (rude language, ... by Powers, Ken / Nevada RNformation			written document written language Written Law Written laws written material written matter written record written report written symbol written text written word Wrizzle WRNS wrnt Wroclaw Wroken wrong wrong 'un wrong fount wrong number wrong side wrong-foot wrong-headed wrong-headedness wrong-side-out wrong-site surgery Wrong-timed wrongdoer wrongdoing Wronger wrongful wrongful conduct wrongful death wrongfully wrongfulness Wronghead Wrongheaded wrongheadedly Wrongless wrongly wrongness Wrongous Wroot wrote wroth wrothful wrought wrought iron wrought-iron wrought-iron scrap wrought-up			Wrong Tell Wrong Thing wrong use Wrong Value Assigned to Variable Wrong Value Used in Parameter of Function Call Wrong Value used in Variable Initiation Wrong Variable Used in Parameter of Function Call wrong verdict Wrong Way Wrong Window Wrong Window Syndrome Wrong Word Wrong'un Wrong'un Wrong, George MacKinnon Wrong-doer wrong-foot wrong-footed wrong-footing wrong-foots wrong-headed wrong-headedly wrong-headedness wrong-reading wrong-side-out wrong-site surgery Wrong-timed Wrong-way risk wrongdoer wrongdoer wrongdoer released from prison wrongdoers wrongdoers wrongdoing wrongdoing wrongdoings wrongdoings wronged wronged wronged wronged wronged wronger wronger wronger wronger wronger wrongers wrongers wrongers wrongers wrongful wrongful wrongful wrongful wrongful

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